


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
349 FZPN36 KWBC 150336 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 836 PM PDT Wed May 14 2025 California waters- Inner waters from 60 nm to 150 nm offshore. Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore. Conditions given represent the highest within that period. Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...High pressure will persist W and W of the waters tonight into Fri. A cold front will approach from the NW Fri night and move S over the N and central waters Fri night and Sat before dissipating. A coastal trough along the coast will persist through early Fri night and then weaken and dissipate by early Sat, then redevelop along the entire coast later Sat through Sun night then persist into Mon night. The area of high pressure will build back in from the W and NW later Sat and Sat night in across the N and central areas through early Mon and slowly weaken later Mon and Mon night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .THU...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .Forecaster Byrd. Ocean Prediction Center.